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Sébastien Ogier claimed an unlikely Secto Rally Finland victory after his Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT team-mate Kalle Rovanperä crashed out on the event’s penultimate stage while in front.

Kalle Rovanperä is on course to break his Secto Rally Finland victory duck after a stunning run of five stage wins during Saturday’s second leg left him comfortably clear of the field.

Kalle Rovanperä leads Secto Rally Finland by eight seconds at the Friday night halt after an action-packed opening leg ended with Toyota GAZOO Racing crews locking out the podium on round nine of the FIA World Rally Championship.

Innovation and exchange of ideas at the heart of event spotlighting new approaches to sustainability and safety

- WRC set for largest season since 2008 with 14 rounds across multiple continents. - New rallies to look forward to in Spain, Paraguay and Saudi Arabia. - Championship covers ice, snow, gravel, asphalt and desert terrains.

The 2024 FIA Junior WRC season resumes this week with a bulging 17-strong field of M-Sport Poland Ford Fiesta Rally3s ready to tackle the legendary gravel roads of Secto Rally Finland.

2024 FIA Rally Star - Rally Finland event preview

The French Federation of Automobile Sport (FFSA) is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Rallye Jeunes Yacco FFSA, a pioneering initiative that has launched the careers of some of the world’s top rally drivers. Established in 1994, this program has been instrumental in discovering and nurturing young racing talent.

Overdrive Racing’s Guillaume de Mévius and Mathieu Baumel made a superb start to their new partnership and overcame the punishing heat and dust on the demanding rural tracks through the Aragón region of eastern Spain to earn a hard-fought victory in Baja Spain Aragón, round three of the 2024 FIA World Baja Cup.

World RX double header wins for EV and ICE cars in evenly matched ‘Battle of Technologies’ Johan Kristoffersson extends World RX lead, but only by three points after heated battles in Hungary Support race wins for Nils Andersson (RX2e), Patrick O’Donovan (Euro RX1) and Nils Volland (Euro RX3)